Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain....

THE WIZARD OF OZ

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said come back tomorrow."

“The Wizard of Oz” is educational when it comes to understanding the Obama reforms. In that quintessential American tale, a blowhard con man dupes an entire community into believing he has power by projecting a fake image of himself inside his Emerald City castle. Working from behind the curtain, he convinces the ignorant and frightened denizens that he is the “Great and Powerful Oz,” master of the world.

Sending Dorothy and her friends on a wild goose chase for a witch’s broom buys him time, but eventually he is exposed for being an impostor, a cheap traveling medicine salesman, a person who could not stand working a forty-hour week. (Hmmn....sounds familiar)

Today, the Emerald City consists of the federal government, unions like SAIC, insurance and pharmaceutical industries such as UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, and WellPoint who foster fear for the Great and Powerful Oz . The carriers have succeeded in redefining the terms of the health care bill that no matter what specifics emerge in the voluminous bill Congress the insurance industry will emerge more profitable. These traveling con artists have roused the rabble to believe that Glenda the Good witch of Washington is out to save them. The denial of big government programs, bloated medical care, and inept government controls over the people are akin to the smoke and mirrors the Wizard of Oz used to keep himself in power.

GLENDA THE GOOD WITCH

It would be nice if the Americans who fear the Federal Government takeover would take a peek behind the curtain and see who is creating the problems that drive the current national unrest: the current administration and its policies, advertising firms paid by liberal causes, insurance companies like AARP who are not real senior citizen advocate groups and instead are Democrat fund raisers, legislators (Democratic and Republican) who profit handsomely from pandering.

Glenda the Good Witch always says, "Click your heels together three times", and says, "There is no place like home." Problem is..........you're already home and this mess is your nightmare!